Johnny Cash’s Unpublished Poems, a Defense of the Comic Novel, and More
Authors Guild offers new Emerging Writer Membership; authors’ favorite scary stories; the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin; and other news.
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Turning the Soil: How a Year of Farmwork Yielded Poems
A poet reflects on how working as a farmhand in the Berkshires provided the foundation for her new book, Work & Days, an investigation of the rich and ancient intersection between the agricultural and literary callings.
and then we became by devorah major
devorah major reads three poems from her new collection, and then we became, published in November by City Lights Publishers.
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One highlights the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Fanny Howe’s The Needle’s Eye, offering a glimpse into the worlds of these new and noteworthy titles.
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Poetic Pilgrimages, Nobel Prize Betting Breakdown, and More
Funny books recommended by funny writers; mislabeling story collections as novels; poetry and the urban experience; and other news.
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How the Internet Helps Indies, Twitter Essays, and More
National Book Award finalists announced; on women writers’ privacy and author photos; Junot Díaz on the role of the humanities; and other news.
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American Writers Museum Names President, Anne Sexton’s Letters, and More
October book recommendations; National Book Award winner Phil Klay’s open letter to Donald Trump; how novelists write about climate change; and other news.
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Elena Ferrante Identity Controversy, Paterson Trailer Released, and More
Art forgery fiction; Arundhati Roy to publish second novel after twenty years; U.K. releases Agatha Christie stamps; and other news.
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Reading Other Women, Sound and Syntax, and More
PEN appoints Saeed Jones and Hanya Yanagihara to its board of trustees; Mary Karr on memoir and the faults of memory; on the success of Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train; and other news.
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The World Beyond: A Last Interview With Max Ritvo
Max Ritvo, the author of Four Reincarnations (Milkweed Editions, September), spoke with poet Dorthea Lasky two months before his death from cancer. He was twenty-five.
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